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Reyna and Meola head Class of 2012

[HALL OF FAME]Claudio Reyna and Tony Meola, eligible on the Player ballot for
the first time, were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2012. A third former national team player, Desmond Armstrong, was elected on the
Veteran ballot and Tony DiCicco, who coached the USA to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and 1999 Women's World Cup title, was named on the Builder ballot.

CLAUDIO REYNA. Reyna, who currently serves as U.S. Soccer's Youth Technical Director, played for the national team for 13 years (1994-2006) and played in three
World Cups. He earned 112 caps while scoring eight goals and recording 19 career assists. Reyna also had a 13-year career in Europe, playing for Premier League sides Manchester City and Sunderland and
the Scottish Premier League's Glasgow Rangers.

"It's an incredible honor to be inducted into the Hall of Fame," said Reyna. "Soccer has been my life from the moment I could walk. You
don't think or play for these type of recognitions but it is a tremendous honor and I want to thank my former teammates, former coaches and everybody else close to me, especially my family, who
supported me - from those who drove me all over as a youth player to my wife and children who have been here my whole career. From a player's standpoint, it kind of caps things off for me, so it's
definitely an honor and something that I'm proud of."

TONY MEOLA. Meola started on U.S. World Cup squads for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups and was a
reserve in 2002. He earned 100 caps and 32 shutouts (second all-time behind Kasey Keller), while recording 37 victories. Meola was one of the top goalkeepers in
Major League Soccer, highlighted by his 2000 campaign with the Kansas City Wizards that included an MLS Cup, MLS MVP, MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and MLS Cup MVP honors.

"It's certainly
the greatest honor you can have in your chosen profession, to be mentioned in the same breath as the great people that were before you and one day the great ones that will come after you," Meola said.
"I'm certainly humbled and I'm honored, and I'm thrilled to think that somebody actually thought I was worthy of it."

DESMOND ARMSTRONG. Armstrong
garnered 81 caps in 73 starts in his eight years with the national team (1987-1994). He played in all three matches during the USA's trip to the 1990 World Cup.

TONY DICICCO. DiCicco won a women's national team record 103 victories in 119 matches during his six-year head coaching tenure.